Cubed Table | Nintendo 2DS: Effective Strategy or Simply Confusing? Our Reaction

Thought Jorge and Javier's impressions were spot on.

Adam's impression was too much of the "I'm an experienced 18-34 year old gamer and this device that wasn't designed for me doesn't appeal to me therefore why bother" mindset.

( Edited 29.08.2013 20:03 by Sonic_13 )

I want one. It's like a Gameboy Advance with 2 screens.

Not gonna get one though since I already own two regular 3DS.

Sonic_13 said:
Adam's impression was too much of the "I'm an experienced 18-34 year old gamer and this device that wasn't designed for me doesn't appeal to me therefore why bother" mindset.

Oh, come on, it sucks.

Releasing versions of hardware with different features is ALWAYS bad imho.

$40 or so is hardly much cheaper either.

At least, unlike the Wii mini, this looks worse. I mean, it looks cheaper and its differences are clear.
Harder for people to be tricked into buying it.

A thought just occured to me:

How do you put this in sleep mode so you can pause the gameplay, or streetpass, or whatever?

RudyC3 said:
A thought just occured to me:

How do you put this in sleep mode so you can pause the gameplay, or streetpass, or whatever?

This reminds me of the gba mini redesign. Similar reasoning if i remember correctly. Why not just bring back the gameboy? Add mobile phn functionality, redesign similar to a sidekick or pspgo and they would have been on to a winner. They would have cleaned up at xmas with that and pokemon. Kids have mobile phones, its been common place for a while now. Would have been a top selling xmas gift with the potential to shift huge numbers. This ugly redesign will do ok but thats mostly in part to pokemon. Once again ninty missed the trick

( Edited 30.08.2013 01:22 by Supa_hyped )

Adam Riley said:
My viewpoint was a 'look what Nintendo did with the Wii Mini, and look, they've done it again!' I know many people with young children that wouldn't even consider the Mini for their kids,

Adam Riley said:
Sales may well prove us all wrong, but for the moment it's undeniable how odd this move is, other than belatedly reacting to the outcry of 3D gaming hurting people's eyes.

Time will tell, but with Pokémon I'm sure this will be pretty darn successful - not to the same heights as the XL, but I think in time it could very well become XL and 2DS as the main options, with 3DS gradually fading out of the spotlight.

All Nintendo needs now is to release a 2DS Pokémon Bundle for £130/£140 and a 3DS XL one and boom, Christmas has come home!

( Edited 30.08.2013 08:42 by jb )

"Time will tell, but with Pokémon I'm sure this will be pretty darn successful -"

Isnt the whole point of the game to bring it about with you and trade with people?
Not that it cant be played solo, but its not the "school yard" ideology is it :-/

Marketed at catching the younger market....

yet its a non-protected screen (No hinge clam style) Not very travel friendly and waiting to be dropped.

What do you think Villager?

LeeTSanders said:
waiting to be dropped.

You mean they didn't include the original 3DS's magic anti-dropping technology?

At least when it drops there are no hinges to break.

A closed clamshells hinges - and screen - are safe.

Darkflame said:
A closed clamshells hinges - and screen - are safe.

The hinges can still be broken with a closed clamshell. I've seen reports of both people dropping it and it hits on the corner and from when it falls and pops open - both damaging the hinges.

Clamshell design does nothing to protect when you're playing it and it drops.

( Edited 31.08.2013 05:40 by Sonic_13 )

Initially, I thought it was laughable, as it's obviously designed from a very economic perspective and looks and sounds odd. However, price it below £100 (ideally), release it in a variety of colours, and baby, I think it could be a sales explosion with some appropriate marketing.

£100 is approximately the price at which an electronic device becomes a toy and more of a disposable investment. The console also *appears* more durable, shareable and approachable. Loss of 3D assists in this. I see your game Nintendo. You want the kids and the women, don't you? You cheeky sods.

Personally, I'm quite happy if it sells well, as Nintendo's handhelds do benefit a lot from a large quantity of 3rd party support and I would expect that to increase. It barely impacts me otherwise.

Just realised that Europe don't get the black/red model. Instead we get this gorgeous looking white/red combo...

Sonic_13 said:
Unlike this the primary target audience of the Wii Mini wasn't kids.

It's not odd at all. 3D isn't recommended for kids 7 and under. But kids 7 and under still constitutes a huge audience for Nintendo. Obvious solution: release a system designed to target that age group (i.e. no 3D, cheaper, no breakable hinge). It's also no coincidence this is coming out the same day as Pokemon X and Y.

The Nintendo 2DS has a far higher potential for success due to it being aligned with a key release for a younger target audience, whereas the Wii Mini was left dead in the water with nothing more than a still over-priced, highly belated, and under advertised expansion to the 'budget' range.

( Edited 01.09.2013 01:24 by Adam Riley )

Adam Riley said:
You missed my point there. I said it was odd to only tackle the issue now after such a long time defending the 3D output. It's almost Nintendo putting its hands up and conceding that it was actually feeding us all corporate BS in the first few years of the 3DS' life.

I don't understand how you could come to that conclusion.

Nintendo never defended 3D output for kids. It always recommended it be off, so to say that Nintendo spent "such a long time defending the 3D output" is wrong.

What corporate BS? Some of Nintendo's big upcoming games make major use of 3D. 3D isn't going anywhere.

The 3D "issue" could be solved with a software patch/parental control.

Utterly no reason for this monstrosity.

This is my opinion i don't really like this new console as this just a step back,but people who could not
afford a 3ds or 3ds XL and that people  complaining  that's expensive, nintendo might had decided to make
a console that is cheap for those people who can not afford it